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Lower Open Expected Today

A lower open is expected on Wall Street today, reflected partly by drops in major European indexes. Britain's FTSE 100 is down more than 2 percent, and Germany's and France's major indicators are down more than 1 percent. That's following a 0.9 percent drop in Japaneses tocks after a cut in interest rates by the Bank of Japan gave the market a short-lived boost.